compunction

noun

/kəmˈpʌŋkʃn/

(formal) [uncountable] also [C] in NAmE美式英语亦作可数名词 usually used in negative sentences通常用于否定句

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a guilty feeling about doing something内疚；愧疚
- He had lied to her without compunction.他向她撒了谎却毫无愧疚。
- compunction about doing something She felt no compunction about leaving her job.她对自己的辞职一点儿也不感到懊悔。
- (North American English) She has no compunctions about rejecting the plan.她对拒绝那个计划丝毫也不后悔。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French componction, from ecclesiastical Latin compunctio(n-), from Latin compungere ‘prick sharply’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + pungere ‘to prick’.